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Dinopterygium cooksoniae
Dinopterygium cooksoniae (Kimyai, 1966) Lentin and Williams, 1973
Originally Oodnadattia, subsequently Dinopterygium.
Tax. jr. synonym of Oodnadattia (now Dinopterygium) tuberculata Eisenack and Cookson, 1960, according to Below, 1981.
Holotype: Kimyai, 1966, pl.2, fig. 21
Locus typicus: Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA
Stratum typicum: Cenomanian
Original diagnosis: Kimyai, 1966, p.471: Oodnadattia cooksoniae
Shell longer than broad; apical and antapical surfaces convex; shell circular to broadly oval in equatorial outline, with longitudinal furrow, bordered with two membraneous wings; outer wing 8-10 Ám and inner one 12-14 Ám wide; intermediate plates extending into the equatorial wing.
Dimensions: Diameter 63-75 Ám.
Originally Oodnadattia, subsequently Dinopterygium.
Tax. jr. synonym of Oodnadattia (now Dinopterygium) tuberculata Eisenack and Cookson, 1960, according to Below, 1981.
Holotype: Kimyai, 1966, pl.2, fig. 21
Locus typicus: Woodbridge, New Jersey, USA
Stratum typicum: Cenomanian
Original diagnosis: Kimyai, 1966, p.471: Oodnadattia cooksoniae
Shell longer than broad; apical and antapical surfaces convex; shell circular to broadly oval in equatorial outline, with longitudinal furrow, bordered with two membraneous wings; outer wing 8-10 Ám and inner one 12-14 Ám wide; intermediate plates extending into the equatorial wing.
Dimensions: Diameter 63-75 Ám.